To My Undying Shame, I Do Read

I’ve Never Intended To Make Religious Records Or Records That Preach Some Kind Of Point Of View... If You’re Involved With Imagination And The Creative Process, It’s Not Such A Difficult Thing To Believe In A God. But I’m Not Involved In Any Religions.

An Artist's Duty Is Rather To Stay Open-minded And In A State Where He Can Receive Information And Inspiration. You Always Have To Be Ready For That Little Artistic Epiphany.

To Sustain Hatred Is A Very Difficult Thing To Do, Year After Year. It's Exhausting.

The Band Is A Living, Breathing Thing. It Grows In The Same Way We Do As Human Beings And If It Doesn't, It Dies. It's Important To Feed The Organism, And One Way Of Doing That Is To Set Musical Challenges That Keep It Alive.

I'm Not Saying This In A Condescending Kind Of Way, But It's Quite Simple: The Making Of America Was A Heroic Thing. Australia Has A Much Murkier, Much More Complex View Of Its History. It's Just Full Of All These Open Wounds We Don't Really Know What To Do With.